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It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken
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12.23
It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20713-it-doesnt-taste-like-chicken
Arun Gupta, Truthout: Which tastes better: a mass-produced organic chicken, a factory-farmed inmate or a true pastured chicken? The author's introduction to pastured poultry made him realize flavor can be shaped by politics.
In San Francisco and Oakland, Residents Fight Back Against Tech Giants
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20799-in-san-francisco-and-oakland-residents-fight-back-against-tech-giants
Chris Longenecker, Truthout: Protests against tech giants Apple, Google and Facebook for encouraging eviction, gentrification and displacement in San Francisco's working-class neighborhoods picked up steam with actions on both sides of the bay December 20 blocking workers' luxury shuttle buses.
Who're You Rootin' for - Team Public or Team Private?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20752-whore-you-rootin-for-team-public-or-team-private
Ellen Dannin, Truthout: The federal government's privatization infrastructure is so expensive in so many ways that it is difficult to believe - and impossible to prove - that the process leads to cost savings.
Dean Baker | Inequality: Government Is a Perp, Not a Bystander
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20803-inequality-government-is-a-perp-not-a-bystander
Dean Baker, Truthout: Inequality didn't just happen; it was the result of government policy. That is why people who actually want to see inequality reduced are not likely to be very happy about President Obama's speech on the topic.
Meet the Texas Farmer Challenging the Keystone Pipeline From the Courtroom to the Plains
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20795-meet-the-texas-farmer-challenging-the-keystone-pipeline-from-the-courtroom-to-the-plains
Anna Simonton, Yes! Magazine: TransCanada is already gearing up to start pumping tar sands from Alberta, Canada, to the Gulf coast of Texas. While activists continue to try to stall the project, a few pending court battles with Texas landowners are presenting a broader challenge to TransCanada's plans.
The Arc of Justice and the Long Run: Hope, History and Unpredictability
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20800-the-arc-of-justice-and-the-long-run-hope-history-and-unpredictability
Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch: The past explodes from time to time, and many events that once seemed to have achieved nothing turn out to do their work slowly. Much of what has been most beautifully transformative in recent years has also been branded a failure by people who want instant results.
One Hundred Years Is Enough: Time to Make the Fed a Public Utility
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20793-100-years-is-enough-time-to-make-the-fed-a-public-utility
Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Blog: December 23, 2013, marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, warranting a review of its performance. Has it achieved the purposes for which it was designed?
Truman's True Warning on the CIA
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20794-trumans-true-warning-on-the-cia
Ray McGovern, Consortium News: The concerns that Harry S. Truman expressed in a 1963 op-ed on the CIA - that he had inadvertently helped create a Frankenstein monster - are as valid today as they were 50 years ago, if not more so.
Hillel International Faces Crisis as Swarthmore Chapter Rebels Against Its Israel Guidelines
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20802-hillel-international-faces-crisis-as-swarthmore-chapter-rebels-against-its-israel-guidelines
Abraham Greenhouse, The Electronic Intifada: In a move that sent shockwaves through the American Jewish community, the Hillel chapter at Philadelphia's Swarthmore College declared in an open letter last week that it would not comply with its parent organization's policy of censoring speech critical of Israeli policy.
Refugees Struggle in Ruined Camp
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20801-refugees-struggle-in-ruined-camp
Rebecca Murray, IPS News: As the Syrian war intensifies sectarian clashes in Lebanon's northern coastal city Tripoli, Palestinians in the area worriedly watch the violence from the sidelines.
Private Federal Contractors Cost Taxpayers Twice as Much as Civil Servants
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20811-private-federal-contractors-cost-taxpayers-twice-as-much-as-civil-servants
Jessica Desvarieux, The Real News Network: Journalist and author David Cay Johnston says that private federal contractors need better oversight and should be banned from contributing to election campaigns.
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Why Not Require Drug Tests of Farmers Receiving a Fortune in Government Subsidies?
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18382-why-not-require-drug-tests-of-farmers-receiving-a-fortune-in-government-subsidies
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: If you're poor, the descendants of plantation politics want you to take drug tests to receive food stamps. But the modern plantation (farm) owners who receive government subsidies galore never, ever have to pee into a cup. Why?
US Government Buys $1.5 Billion of Clothes Possibly Made in Exploitative Factories Abroad
Read the Article in The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/world/americas/buying-overseas-clothing-us-flouts-its-own-advice.html?hp&_r=0
New Poll: Support for Affordable Care Act Dips to Record Low
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/poll-support-for-obamacare-dips-to-record-low
California Millionaire May Be Liberals' Answer to the Koch Brothers
Read the Article at the Political Carnival
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2013/12/22/california-billionaire-may-liberals-answer-koch-brothers/
Hedge Funds and Wall Street Make Big Move to Control US Home Rental Market
Read the Article at The Chicago Tribune
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-12-15/business/ct-biz-1215-housing-frenzy-20131215_1_waypoint-homes-chicago-area-foreclosed-homes
Saturday Night Live Takes on Duck Dynasty
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http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2013/12/22/rs-snl-duck-dynasty.cnn&hpt=hp_c3&from_homepage=yes&video_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F
"The Saddest Fact I've Learned Is Nobody Matters Less to Our Society Than Young Black Women"
Read the Article at The Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/12/read_the_stomac.php
Charts: The Worst Long-Term Unemployment Crisis Since the Depression
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/12/longterm-unemployment-recession-charts
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>"The Saddest Fact I've Learned Is Nobody Matters Less to Our Society Than Young Black Women"</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Arun Gupta, Truthout:</strong> Which tastes better: a mass-produced organic chicken, a factory-farmed inmate or a true pastured chicken? The author's introduction to pastured poultry made him realize flavor can be shaped by politics.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=obHlNWY2TcHlG4v5U61ezYmOVDznKskQ"><strong>Meet the Texas Farmer Challenging the Keystone Pipeline From the Courtroom to the Plains</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Anna Simonton, Yes! Magazine:</strong> TransCanada is already gearing up to start pumping tar sands from Alberta, Canada, to the Gulf coast of Texas. While activists continue to try to stall the project, a few pending court battles with Texas landowners are presenting a broader challenge to TransCanada's plans.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wj4YevmJGqJiRgFuBfg9DomOVDznKskQ"><strong>Read the Article and Watch the Video</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CkjR7SgL0Mq5bSjx73S4KAWfrRDN86qf"><strong>The Arc of Justice and the Long Run: Hope, History and Unpredictability</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch:</strong> The past explodes from time to time, and many events that once seemed to have achieved nothing turn out to do their work slowly. Much of what has been most beautifully transformative in recent years has also been branded a failure by people who want instant results.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Blog:</strong> December 23, 2013, marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, warranting a review of its performance. Has it achieved the purposes for which it was designed?</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LhZxdjXo3vNiqECWcKdGFImOVDznKskQ"><strong>Truman's True Warning on the CIA</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Ray McGovern, Consortium News:</strong> The concerns that Harry S. Truman expressed in a 1963 op-ed on the CIA - that he had inadvertently helped create a Frankenstein monster - are as valid today as they were 50 years ago, if not more so.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vUY8z062f0nkUDomm0uPHYmOVDznKskQ"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4806aKrHs59DlTO0hC%2FVXImOVDznKskQ"><strong>Hillel International Faces Crisis as Swarthmore Chapter Rebels Against Its Israel Guidelines</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Abraham Greenhouse, The Electronic Intifada:</strong> In a move that sent shockwaves through the American Jewish community, the Hillel chapter at Philadelphia's Swarthmore College declared in an open letter last week that it would not comply with its parent organization's policy of censoring speech critical of Israeli policy.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8%2BXPec0uDehXVOTLdmomvwWfrRDN86qf"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bXPTYMQPGo1FcDBgNtAsl4mOVDznKskQ"><strong>Refugees Struggle in Ruined Camp</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Rebecca Murray, IPS News:</strong> As the Syrian war intensifies sectarian clashes in Lebanon's northern coastal city Tripoli, Palestinians in the area worriedly watch the violence from the sidelines.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WMH4aXyY9qFn4U4eFWUToomOVDznKskQ"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Jessica Desvarieux, The Real News Network:</strong> Journalist and author David Cay Johnston says that private federal contractors need better oversight and should be banned from contributing to election campaigns.</p>
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